Germany | Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source
Germany | Interest payments (% of revenue)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972 1.46479685
1973 1.46123999
1974 1.80135197
1975 2.06967288
1976 2.42199649
1977 2.73028214
1978 2.82633371
1979 3.06657486
1980 3.31696775
1981 4.03516931
1982 4.68954895
1983 5.48455696
1984 5.36432638
1985 5.36097728
1986 5.35096714
1987 5.33863194
1988 5.40402627
1989 4.95890369
1990 4.97062682
1991 5.59365944
1992 6.77507685
1993 6.7546143
1994 7.03544413
1995 7.70949604
1996 7.68784415
1997 7.56604245
1998 7.59598613
1999 7.00596836
2000 7.03749126
2001 6.73537763
2002 6.6167215
2003 6.08720977
2004 6.09719437
2005 5.94823697
2006 5.80070363
2007 5.84288253
2008 5.83804909
2009 5.56632461
2010 5.16336837
2011 5.39930842
2012 4.82087477
2013 3.56563759
2014 3.15519861
2015 2.72928867
2016 2.27901851
2017 1.92432048
2018 1.72893425
2019 1.46301364
2020 1.06772379
2021 0.97321392
2022

Germany | Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source